94. leguminosjB- [Derrii. 



t 

 I^eaflets 13 to 19. Ovules 2. (Pod oblong, acute at both enda.) . . 1. B. chineims. 

 Leaflets 3, 5, or 7. Ovules 6 to 8. Pod obliquely oval or orbicular . 2. B. i " ' 



1. D. chinensiSj Benth. in Joutn. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 104. Probably 

 a tree. Leaflets 13 to 19, oblong or elliptical, obtuse or scarcely acute, about 

 1 in. long, silky-pubescent when young, at length glabrous and thin. Flowers 

 4 or 5 lines long, clustered 3 to 4 together at the nodes of axillary simple 

 racemes rather shorter than the leaves. Pedicels about 1 Kne long. Ovules 3. 



S. Cbiua, Hance. These specimens are in flower only, but fruiting specimens gathered 

 by Wright in Oosima Island appear to belong to the same species. In them the pod is 

 rather more than lin. long, about 6 lines broad in the middle, narrowed to a point at both 

 ends, l-seeded, vifith a very narrow wing along the upper edge. 



3. D. uliginosaj var. /8 Loureiri, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 

 107. A woody climber, glabrous in all its parts. Leaflets in the Hongkong 

 variety usually 3, in others 5 or 7, oval-oblong, shortly and obtusely acumi- 

 nate, 1^ to 3 in. long. Eacemes axillary or lateral, simple, from 3 or 3 to 

 about 6 in. long,, the pedicels in rather distant clusters about 1 lin« long. 

 Mowers about 4 lines long. Ovules about 4, or in some varieties 6 to 8, all 

 in the lower part of the cavity of the ovarium. Pod very flat and thin, 1 to 

 li in. long, very obtuse at both ends so as to become nearer square than 

 round, but very oblique, and sometimes as broad as long, but in some varieties 

 considerably narrower. Seeds 1 or Z.—Derria trifoliata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 

 433. 



Hongkong, Wright. I have the same variety from Cochin China and from Malacca. It 

 passes however gradually into the common form, with 5 or 7 leaflets and 6 to 8 ovules, 

 which is spread all over India, extending westward to eastern Africa, eastward over the 

 Indian Archipelago to N. Australia, and northward to S. China and Loochoo. 



The B. scandens, Benth. {Balbergia acanclens, Koxb.), another common Indian species 

 has been received from the neighbourhood of Canton, but not from Hongkong. 



36., PONGAMIA, Vent. 



Flowers of Berris. Pod oblong, flattened, but thick and hard, indehiscent, 

 I-seeded, with obtuse edges, not winged. Seed thick, reniform, with a small 

 hUum. 



A genus of a single species, scarcely distinct from LoncTiocarpm. 



1. P. glabra, Vent. ; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 115. A 

 tree, either glabrous in all its'parts or with a slight pubescence on the smaller 

 branches. Leaves pinnate. Leaflets 5 or 7, opposite with a terminal odd 

 ■one, ovate, broadly elliptical or oblong, shortly and obtusely acuminate, about 

 3 m. long, on petiolules 3 to 4 lines long, or sometimes considerably longer. 

 Flowers 6 or 7 lines long, in loose axillai-y racemes of 8 to 5 inches. Pedicels 

 usually 3 togethei?, .from 3 to 4 lines long. Qalyx truncate. Ovai-y hauy, 

 with 3 ovules.. Pod usuaUy If to. 3 in. long, 1 in. broad, sessUe or nearly so. 

 tn^l^tTh^"^/''-A- '^^°"g^™' f"*''^™ I"^i». ™ the coasj, and in the plains to the 

 S. ChLa an^Loo^hM '"'^'^ Archipelago to N. AttstraUa. and northward to 



Tribe VIII. SOPHOREJE. 

 Trees, shrubs, or very rarely herbs or undershrubs. Leaves pinnate, of 5 



